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si BY* EMMETT L. MOFFIIT. IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY ; IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY; IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. $2.00 TER YEAR. ESTABLISHED 1844. ELOJf COLLEGE, N. 0.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1900. VOLUME LIII: NUMBER 6 Cl^risti&rt SUr\ PUBLISHED WKEKLT. * The O-h.-ia. organ of the Mouthern Chris* tlan Convention. CARDINAL PRINCIPLES. 1. The Lord Jesus Is the only Heed of the church. 2. The name Christian, to the exclusion of all parly and sectarian names. 8. The lloly Bible, or the Scriptures of the Did and New Testaments, sufficient rule ill faith aud practice. 4. Christian character, or rite) piety, th only teat of fellowship or membership. 6. The right of private Judgment, and ' the liberty of conscience, the privilege and dutv of all. Reflections. As was expected, Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon congress man el-£t from Utah, was ex eluded Irom the House without even being allowed to take his seat:—and that because he was an open and avowed polygam ist, an offender of the laws of the United States and a stench in the nostrils of all law-abiding, virtue-n specting, home-loving, and’ God-fearing people. This is a strong and just rebuke to that vile and infamous thing, called the Mormon church; and we trust that it is but an earnest, ol the blows that shall soon com pletely annihilate it from the face of the earth. Last fall, soon after the epi demic of typhoid fever broke out at the State Normal College at Greensboro, N. C., Misses Sarah and Evelyn Bailey fell victims to its dread march through the college halls. These were the only children of Mr and Mrs. T.B B liley, of Mocks ville, N. C., and now, as th« bright light of hope for the fu ture which came to them through their dtar girls had forever gone out, they decided to establish at the N >rm il “The Sarah an'd fivelyn Bailey Fund” as a mem orial to those who were so deai to them, and with the hope that the help thus extended migh' aid sorne o her deserving g'rli to become more useful m th,t world than they otherwise could b< come. Ttiis is, indeed, a beautiful memorial; and in after years, no doubt, many nobl« young women who shall have been aided by the tund, will bless the momories of Sarah and Evelyn Bailey. [Last fill W. J. Taylor (Re publican) and Wm, Goebel (Democrat) were candidates for Governor in Kentucky. Taylor was declared elected and seated Goe1 e was contesting his seat before the State Legislature, but before final settlement came, some cowardly fellow, who was supposed to be hiding in the building, shot Goebel as he walked toward the Capitol. The latter fell, and up to this time his lile seems to be hanging in the balances. He has, however, now been declared by the inves tigating committee to have been dulv elected and the Democratic members of the Legislature have had him sworn in as Governor; so that now the S ate has two who claim to be the Chief Executive. Taylor has called out the mili tia and adjourned the Legisla ture, and pandemonium reigns throughout the State. The cool er heads, however, are hoping fur ,?Fn a&icable settlement of affairs in the near future. *We do not know which side is in the right, so far as the contest is concerned, but the attempted aska-si nation- was a cowardly, dastardly act. Since we last wrote of the war in South Africa there has been great excitement, not only in England, but all over the world over the marvelous piece of gen eralship on the part of the Boers at Spion Kop. These doughty warriors stationed a detachment of troops on the Kop, trained a large nurtiber of guns,located on fturouoding bills* with graat pre cision, directly on their own rneo, and after calculating the position to a nice point of accu racy, they concealed the guns and awaited the charge of the British. The latter finally made the rush for the Kop, and when they did so the Boers retreated with very little resistance, leav ing the enemy in possession of the hill. No sooner, however, were the British in possession of the hill than, as if by magic, the Boer's great guns from all the surrounding hills were turned loose on them ; and terrible was the slaughter. Many of those who were not killed were taken prisoners, and now have leisure to try to unravel the mys tery of “how it all happened.’’ We recount this sharp piece ot stratagem to show that the Brit ish have not only a determined set of men to deal with, but shrewd and trained ones as well. We deplore the sad situation of affairs there; and believing, as we do, that the British are in the wrong, we have earnestly hoped that they would put a stop to such a wholesale sacrifice ot human lives by an acknowledge ment and a withdrawal from the field; b,ut they seem to think that they aie right, and are de 'ermined to push the contest to the bitter efid. They are fast sending large reinforcements to their armies in the Transvaal, and, notwithstanding the fact that, so far, nearly all the suc cesses have been on the Boer side, as we have said before we cannot expect the final victory to fall to other than the British, unless, indeed, as many seem to think, the Boers are fighting un der the protectioh of a favoring Providence. t It will be remembered from what we have previously said of he religious condition of the Philippine Islands that they nave tor years been under the domination of Catholicism, and ihat of the very worst type. It nas been said that the Catholi cism of the United States and mat of the Philippine Islands are ilmostas different as are Catholi cism and Protestantism. We do not know as to this, but we do know that if the Filipino Catho lics are what they are represent ed to be, they are very little bet ler than the heathen by whom they are surrounded. That we are beginning to get a little in sight into the religious condi tions there will be seen from the following from our Washington correspondent: “The President has decided to leave all ques tions affecting religion iu the Philippines to the consideration ot the new Commission to those islands, believing that it will br better able to determine the rights and wrongs ol the situa tion than any one in this coun try. The fact is that religious conditions are rapidly becoming intolerable. Archbishop Chap pelle, instead of showing hi/n self a man ot broad mind and good information, has developed, according to official repo-ts. in to a chronic claimant of privil eges and powers which can nev er be conceded to him. For in stance, he has claimed immuni ty for priests from all civil pro cesses, has claimed property in the island amounting to over $100,000,000, has claimed the continuance of the annual sub sidy grauted by Spain, and has asserted that the President sus tains each and every one ot these extraordinary coutensions. Naturally, these actions are very embarrassing to the administra tion, and it is thought that they can better be considered alter the close of the next political campaign. Accordingly, the Commission has been iustructed to consult with the municipali ties as to the action to be taken and as to wnat is to oe done I with the (riars, so as to render justice to both parties. It is quite certain that no subsidy will be paid to the Catholic church. Its rights will be held to be void as against the United States, just as the claims ol the Philippine cable companies were held to be void, having been dis charged once and tor all by the payment ot the $20,000,000 to Spain/' * Contributions ;“CAOunrjA' mi wow.» :wi . by o. w. johxson. A certain professor in a noted college in North Carolina'/told his class on one occasion that he never went a-tishing but once, then he caught a minnow, and quit. Tne reason why he did not have better success, we/be lieve, was bt cause he did noi have that perseverance;'and zeal that he should have had. This is true in every sphere ol life. We fin.1 persons all ovei the world who go a-fishing and “catch only a minnow.” Take the student at schoolthere ai< some who do not do anything but “catch a minnow; they simply go to school in u?der that they may tell their fellnwmen that they have, been to college. It is expected ol the man Inal goes a-fishing at some suitahlt place that he will catch some tish. So it is with a man mat goes to college ; it is expecter that he will learn something thai will prove a blessing to himseli and to his fellowman : hut how sad it makes the heart of mother and father when ttieir boys 01 girls return unbenefitted. There are, however, those who go to college who do more than “catch the minnow with their z-*al and energy they keep striv ing until they find the fish—at tain the high educational mark th.it is before them. In1 the'religious w'orld, take the person who is a vile sinner. • He goes to a revival aud public ly confesses Christ. He joins the church and thinks he has all, but he has only “caught the minnow;’’ he has ouly started in the Christian life There i no reward promised to thosi vho do not strive. It is only to those who strive from day to day to do what is tn their power. Dear reader, have you simply joined the church, or have you the assurance that you are a child of Him who is ever watch ing over you with a loving and tender care? It you have not the assurance that you are His child, may the time soon come vlten you’can obtain tnat lov. md mercy which He has in store for you. V -V- . CHRIST THE MODEL OF CHARAC TER. BY REV. I> E. MILLARD. , Nowhere in the wide worjd do we find the highest tvpe of character—or good character iorming—save in the Christian lands, and among those only in such lands, who actually follow in the tootseps of Christ. He is the only mediator who can bring us into harmony with" God and man, for he alone teaches the law of pure, unselfish love. He is the ouly model of character at peace with itself and inherently strong, hence, he alone can es tablish us in right relations with out and in a right condtion within—and this he does. When by laith we are brought into as sociation and harmony with oar Lord, the power of sin is broken. Evil has no power over us when Christ is with us or we with him. If, then, we would form good characters, characters that., will fit us for a blissful eternity, we must follow .him who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Tiie Pulpit. > 1:1 THE LAME MAM IIEALE1), BY RKV. P. H. FLEMING. [Preached at Liberty Randolph county, N. before ihc Wettero North Carolina Conference Nov. 14. Is99. and pubiUUed by request of lb t body.] Text: “ Vnd beholding the man wMch was he tied etan :l « with them they eouid say noth,tig auainsc it.” lets 1: 14. The text presents a beai^ilui scene at the Beautiful Gate. It was the hour of prayer. Two apostles, Peter and John, were on their way to the temple. At the temple gate Beautiful they found a lame man asking alms. They had neither silver nor gold, but such as they had they gave to the mao. They healed him. Let us consider this healing-*? by whom and through whom wrought—and the effect it pro duced ; and from it adduce truths applicable to all ages, nations and individuals. The two apostles of Christ, Peter and John, who wrought this miracle, were old friends and partners in the business of fishing, Luke 5: 10. They had been disciples of John the Bap tist. They had followed Jesus almost from their first opportu nity. They were with Jesus in the chamber of death, with him on the mount of transfiguration, with him in the gates of Geth semane, with him in the judg ment hall, with him on the Mount of Olivet wht n he blessed them—saw him parted from them and carried up into heaven Being thus closely connected and intimately associated with Jesus in his hours of joy, and in hours of sorrow ; in the day ol his humiliation, and in his etern al triumph, they had not failed to learn the secret power by which the lame is made to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the dumb to speak, the dead to live. Being thus associated with Jesus they had not failed to learn through whom comes all the blessings of the race, for time and for eternity; for the bod\ and for the soul. Jesus Chrisi when on earth healed not onh the bodily ailments, out he for gave sin and in so doing healed the soul. la each and every bodily heal ing wrought by Jesus, when in the flesh, if we wijl search wise ly and deeply, we will find in every instance the higher ele ment—the spiritual—that of soul healing entering therein. Christ’s mission was to save the people from their sins. So I see in e'^ery word ha spake, in every act of his life, in every miracle wrought, in the life he lived, in the death he died, the one grand aim, purpose, and end of his coming to the earth—that ol seeking and saving the lost. And that magnificent intent and purpose ol his life he transmitted to his followers. It is not my purpose to discuss the question of present-day mir acles—they were necessary then tor the one grand aim and pur pose of the Christ Mission, and whatever means are necessary today to carry on the same great work ot seeking and saving the lost is in reach of the hand ot faith. When the lame man of the text was healed, Christ was not on earth in human form, yet the people took knowledge of Peter and John that they had been with Jesus. Their words, their acts, their power evidenced ihe Christ within them, and through Peter and John Jesus spoke to the lame man, and th* lame man walked and praised God, I would have you notice just here the two apostles associated in the Master’s work, Peter and John. They were widely differ ent in character, but the closest of triends. Of all the twelve they drew closest together. There was a striking contrast in their dispositions, but in princi pie, devotion and purpose they were much alike, especially alter the day of Pentecost. Peter was bold and impetuous, but he loved Jesus. Johu was tender and loving—not given to extremes like Peter. They both had faith in Jesus. Peter appears as spokesman—John as adviser and inspirer. Mutually they strength ened each the other. In the scene before us. today it was Peter who said to the lame man IS^the*gate Beautiful, “Look on The lame man at the Beauti ful Gate of the Temple, had been placed there by friends. His purpose there was to ask alms of them that entered into the temple. His affliction was from birth. He was born lame. His lameness appe irs to have been caused by weakness of his feet and ankles. He could not walk. He was more than fortv years old. The afflicted have always found their best friends among the people that go up to the house of God to pray. This lame man seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, ^sked alms. This brings -us to the healing ol the lame man Peter fastened his ey-s upoi him, with John, said, “Look on us." And he gave heed^unlt them, expecting to receive some thing of them. Then Peter said, “Silver and gold have 1 none, but such as I have give I unto thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and lilted him up; and immediately his leet and ankle bones received strength. And he, leaping up, stood, aDd walked, and en|ered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God Chiisttanity is ever seeking oui the ills of human life, that it may remove them. ' Two dis ciples i<l Christ on their way to the temple finds a lame man at one of its gates. They heal him and he enters the temple through the gate called Beautiful, walk ing, leaping and praising God He now takes his stand with the disciples of Jesus. The multi tude saw the man which was healed standing with Peter and John. He is no longer laid at the gate. He no longer begs, but from a heart full of thanks praises God. The people that saw the cure, tould say nothing against it. The man was healed lie stood there in their midst sound and well. The people gathered about the apostles and the l<tme man as He held them, greatly wondering. And when Peter saw it, lie taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection of the dead. And manv ot them which heard the word believed ; and the number of men was about five thousand. But Petei and John were arrested and on the morrow when they were on trial they were asked, “By what power, or by._what jrffrpe have ye done this?” Peter answered by the name of Jesus Christ oi Nazareth, whom ye crucified. whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. In the name of Jesus Christ, through laith in his name this man was made strong. And the people seeing the man which was heal ed standing with them could say nothing against it. This shows us what Christian ity df<3 for one man—the lame man. What it did for that man it can do lor you. What the gospel hath done for one nation it can do for another. These thoughts lead us to an nounce this proposition : All that is useful and beneficial to man is the product ot the name and power of Jesus Christ. I. The world and all of its creatures are products of the Christ Name and Power. We read in John 1:2, 3.4: ‘•The same was in the beginning v\ith God. All things were nade by him ; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life ; and the life was the light of men.” In James 1: 17, we read, “Every good gilt and every per fect gift is from above, and com eth down >lrom the Father of lights, with whom is no variable ness, neither shadow of turn iug.” In Col. it 16, we find, “For by him were- all things created that aie in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or do minions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him.” In Heb. 1:2, the apostle says God “hath in these/ last days spoktn unto us by his Son, whom he hath apndfirfed heir ot alb things, by Whom also tife made the worlds.” These references!; from God’s Word are sufficient to convince us that everything which is use ful and beneficial to man comes through Christ. This is no less true in the sphere of the spiritual than in things temporal. As I have al ready said, Jesus, when in the flesh, healed not only the body but the soul. That is, he forgave sin, and in so doing, healed the soul of each individual who came to him in faith. 2. Redemption comes through the Name, Power and Blood ol Jesus. * I believe the sole mission ol Christ in coming to earth wa> the redemption of the human race; and that all words, act." and miracles—his life and death —were but the means used to seek Hnd to save the lost. He says himself, ‘“For the Son ol man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19: 10. lnjonr»3:io we reaa, "ror God so loved .the world that he gave his only begotten Son, thai whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever lasting life.” The man at the gate of the temple, called Beau tiiu, was lame until he came in contact with ihe Christ name and power. Through taith in the Christ name, the lame man was made strong. There are sinners all about us. They are lame. Lamed by sin. The world is sin sick, and nothing but faith in the name and power and blood of Jesus Christ, cruci fied, will ever cleanse a human heart or save a lost world. Acts 4: 12 tells us, “Neither is there salvation in any other; tor there is none other name under heav en given among men, wherebv we miist be savejd#1 In Heb. 9: 22 we find these words, “With out shedding of blood is no re mission ;'\ and in 1 John 1:7 “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin In 1 Peter 1.18-19 we see thai we were redeemed not with cor ruptible things, but with the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and with out spot. Jesus says of himseli. •■1 am the way, the truth and tht ife;no man cometh unto tht Father but by me,” John 14:6. As Cnristianity benefited this lame man at the gate of the tem ple, this healed man as he stood. and walked, and praised God. his man as he stood with Peter and John, so may the gospel 01 fesus benefit the three-fourths 01 the earth's population^ today that are lame and blind in sin. Ii this world is ever saved it mus oe saved by and through Jesu Christ. Christianity is the onl\ religion that saves men from their sins. Jesus Christ is the only God-Saviour the world ever had or ever will have. Christi anity, the religion ot Jesus Christ, is the religion tor the entire world. It is suited to every country, to every nation, to every color, to every condi lijn. Wherever the religion of Jesus is accepted and lived it oenefits mankind temporally and spiritually. It saves from sin Wherever Christianity has its influence it makes things sale Even skeptics like to live where the cross of Christ casts its shad ow, and where people go up to the church to pray. JNo one ever came to Jesus in faith that was not saved. But some one says that there is a man in youi church that is not a Christian I know his life, and he is a sin ner. We admit that there are individuals in the church ihat do not walk close to God. But be cause there are bad people in the church is no evidence that Jesus does hot save from sin. Uut it is an evidence that the bad church member has not trusted Jesus. No man can be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and trust him and at the same lime be a bad man. Then there are those foud of living in Chris tian lands, and yet delight to point out the frailties o( those in the church that have at some time tailed. They say Noah got drunk, David commit ted adultery and murder, Solo mon was guilty of idolatry, Petet^ denied Jesus. But we must not forgetnhat individuals who do such things are not fol lowing Jeshs. They are sinning in God s sight, and it is a won derful religion that can take such men and make them good and Christ-like. Occasionally a Christian may stumble and tall into sin, but he usually rises ngatn. The religion ot Jesus Christ not only saves men Irom sin, but it enables them to be come strong in Christ and to lead pure and holy lives. Peo ple study science, but who ever heard of science—Mathematics, for instance—making an outlast a happy and peaceful soul? But Christianity can aaaks you say. I was lost but now I am found, was blind but now I see.” There are those who would lead you away from God and his holy word. They will lead into a sea of darkness and dpubt and then leave jou without chart or compass to f»o down without hope. Follow them not. Jesus is the way, the tru.h and the lile. Follow him. Worship seems to be an innate principle ol the human race. Wherever man has been found, l believe, in every instance when iheir manners and customs have been understood, they have been found to have some object of religious adoration. All na tions have some kind of religion. By religion as used here we mean any system of faitji and religious worship. The princi pal forms of ri ligion are : Christianity—A belief in God the Father, in Jesus Christ hi3 Son, and in the Scriptures of the O.d and New Testaments..« • , Judaism — A Belief in Jehovah and in the Old Testament, but not in ]"sus Christ and the New Testament. Mohammedanism —A belief that there js one God, and in Mohammed as his prophet. Buddhism—A beliet in no God, atheistic, aiming at release from existence as its highest good ; but mixed with worship ot its founder and supposed kin dred beings. Brahmiuism—The religion ot Brahma. It has monotheistic, polytheistic and pantheistic feat ures. Its three principal gods are: Brahma, creator; Vishnu, preserver ; Siva, destroyer. Guebres—From the Persian, meaning infidel. Followers ot Zoroaster. The sun and fire are emblems of deity to them. These are the six principal systems ot faith and worship, tnd there is no salvation for the sinner in any of them except Christianity. No religion wiih iut a divioe. Saviour can save the sinner from his sins. Chris tianity has a divine Saviour—a Saviour come from God. Chris tianity saves from sin. The entire population of the _;lob$, accord i n g to Prof. Schem’s statistics o! some years ago, is 1,350,200,000. According to the latest statis tics at my command, the popula tion of the globe is giveu as fol lows : North America, 88.386,084 ■south America, 33.342,700 Europe, 357851.580 Asia, S25.954.000 Africa, 168.499,017 Australia andOceania, 5,684 6oo Polar Islands, 11.170 Total, 1478,729 161 Let us consider, 111 round numbers, the population ot the earth at 1400,000,©00. Now, it we classify the popu lation of the globe undtr some lorm ot religion we obtain the following result, which, ot course is in a measure, but an estimate: Chiistianity—under this head .vill come the ioilowing : Protestants, 140000,000 Roman Catholics, 195,000,000 Creek Church, 90 000,000 Total, 425.000,000 So we place under the divis ion—Chr i s t i a □ i t y—the fig ures, 425.000,000 Judaism, 10.000.000 \loham medanism, 170 000,000 Buddhaism, 340,000.000 Brahaminism, 170,000,000 Oothers not mentioned in-above estimate, 235.000.O00 Total, 1.400000.000 And this is our estimate of the population of the earth. This division gives us the fdilowing: Those classed as Chris tiaus, * 415,000,000 Those classed as non Christiaos, 975,0^0,000 In this classification we place as Christians all those who ac cept Jesus Christ in their sys tem of faith, and those who re ject Jesus Christ in their svs'.em of faith are classed as non-Chris tians. ITo be continued.! Virginia now has a “lira Crow” car law similar to th# Narth Carolina law; and soon the two races will be riding in separate coaches ■
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